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The Real Mother Goose

LITTLE BO-PEEP

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,

And can't tell where to find them;

Leave them alone, and they'll come home,

And bring their tails behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,

And dreamt she heard them bleating;

But when she awoke, she found it a joke,

For still they all were fleeting.

Then up she took her little crook,

Determined for to find them;

She, found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,

For they'd left all their tails behind 'em!

It happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray

Unto a meadow hard by--

There she espied their tails, side by side,

All hung on a tree to dry.

She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,

And over the hillocks she raced;

And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,

That each tail should be properly placed.

LITTLE BOY BLUE

Little

Boy

Blue,

come,

blow

your

horn!

The sheep's in the meadow, the

cow's in the corn.

Where's the little boy that

looks after the sheep?

Under

the

haystack,

fast

asleep!

RAIN

Rain, rain, go away,

Come again another day;

Little Johnny wants to play.

THE CLOCK

There's a neat little clock,--

In the schoolroom it stands,--

And it points to the time

With its two little hands.

And may we, like the clock,

Keep a face clean and bright,

With hands ever ready

To do what is right.

WINTER

Cold and raw the north wind doth blow,

Bleak in the morning early;

All the hills are covered with snow,

And winter's now come fairly.

FINGERS AND TOES

Every lady in this land

Has twenty nails, upon each hand

Five, and twenty on hands and feet:

All this is true, without deceit.

A SEASONABLE SONG

Piping hot, smoking hot.

What I've got

You have not.

Hot gray pease, hot, hot, hot;

Hot gray pease, hot.

DAME TROT AND HER CAT

Dame Trot and her cat

Led a peaceable life,

When they were not troubled

With other folks' strife.

When Dame had her dinner

Pussy would wait,

And was sure to receive

A nice piece from her plate.

THREE CHILDREN ON THE ICE

Three children sliding on the ice

Upon a summer's day,

As it fell out, they all fell in,

The rest they ran away.

Oh, had these children been at school,

Or sliding on dry ground,

Ten thousand pounds to one penny

They had not then been drowned.

Ye parents who have children dear,

And ye, too, who have none,

If you would keep them safe abroad

Pray keep them safe at home.

CROSS PATCH

Cross patch, draw the latch,

Sit by the fire and spin;

Take a cup and drink it up,

Then call your neighbors in.

THE OLD WOMAN UNDER A HILL

There was an old woman

Lived under a hill;

And if she's not gone,

She lives there still.

TWEEDLE-DUM AND TWEEDLE- DEE

Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee

Resolved to have a battle,

For Tweedle-dum said Tweedle- dee

Had spoiled his nice new rattle.

Just then flew by a monstrous crow,

As big as a tar barrel,

Which frightened both the heroes so,

They quite forgot their quarrel.

OH, DEAR!

Dear, dear! what can the matter be?

Two old women got up in an appletree;

One came down, and the other stayed

till Saturday.

OLD MOTHER GOOSE

Old Mother Goose, when

She wanted to wander,

Would ride through the air

On a very fine gander.

LITTLE JUMPING JOAN

Here am I, little jumping Joan,

When nobody's with me

I'm always alone.

PAT-A-CAKE

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,

Baker's man!

So I do, master,

As fast as I can.

Pat it, and prick it,

And mark it with T,

Put it in the oven

For Tommy and me.

MONEY AND THE MARE

I'll give thee money for thy mare.

Money will make the mare to go!

ROBIN REDBREAST

Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree,

Up went Pussy-Cat, down went he,

Down came Pussy-Cat, away Robin ran,

Says little Robin Redbreast:

Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade,

Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he was afraid.

Little Robin chirped and sang, and what did Pussy say?

Pussy-Cat said:

A MELANCHOLY SONG

Trip upon trenchers,

And dance upon dishes,

My mother sent me for some barm, some barm;

She bid me go lightly,

And come again quickly,

For fear the young men should do me some harm.

Yet didn't you see, yet didn't you see,

What naughty tricks they put upon me?

They broke my pitcher

And spilt the water,

And huffed my mother,

And chid her daughter,

And kissed my sister instead of me.

JACK

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,

Jack jump over the candle-stick.

GOING TO ST. IVES

As I was going to St. Ives

I met a man with seven wives.

Every wife had seven sacks,

Every sack had seven cats,

Every cat had seven kits.

Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,

How many were going to St. Ives?

THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER

Thirty days hath September,

April, June, and November;

February has twenty-eight alone,

All the rest have thirty-one,

Excepting leap-year, that's the time

When February's days are twenty-nine.

BABY DOLLY

Hush, baby, my dolly, I pray you don't cry,

And I'll give you some bread, and some milk

by-and-by;

Or perhaps you like custard, or, maybe, a tart,

Then to either you're welcome, with all my heart.

BEES

A swarm of bees in May

Is worth a load of hay;

swarm of bees in June

worth a silver spoon;

swarm of bees in July

not worth a fly.

COME OUT TO PLAY

Girls and boys, come out to play,

moon doth shine as bright as day;

Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,

And come with your playfellows into the street.

Come with a whoop, come with a call,

Come

with

a

good

will

or

not

at

all.

Up the ladder and down the wall,

A half-penny roll will serve us

all.

You

find

milk,

and

I'll

find

flour,

And we'll have a pudding in half

an hour.

IF WISHES WERE HORSES

If wishes were horses, beggars

would ride.

If turnips were watches, I would

wear one by my side.

And if

Were pots and pans,

There'd be no work for tinkers!

A

Is

A

Is

The

TO MARKET

To

market,

to

market,

to

buy

a

fat

pig,

Home again, home again, jiggety jig.

To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,

Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,

Home again, home again, market is done.

OLD CHAIRS TO MEND

If I'd as much money as I could spend,

I never would cry old chairs to mend;.

Old chairs to mend, old chairs to mend;

I never would cry old chairs to mend.

If I'd as much money as I could tell,

I never would cry old clothes to sell;

Old clothes to sell, old clothes to sell;

I never would cry old clothes to sell.

ROBIN AND RICHARD

Robin and Richard were two pretty men,

They lay in bed till the clock struck ten;

Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky,

You go before, with the bottle and bag,

And I will come after on little Jack Nag.

A MAN AND A MAID

There was a little man,

Who wooed a little maid,

And he said,

I have little more to say,

So will you, yea or nay,

For least said is soonest mended-ded, ded, ded.

The little maid replied,

Pray what must we have for to eat, eat, eat?

Will the flame that you're so rich in

Light a fire in the kitchen?

Or the little god of love turn the spit, spit, spit?

HERE GOES MY LORD

Here goes my lord

A trot, a trot, a trot, a trot,

Here goes my lady

A canter, a canter, a canter, a canter!

Here goes my young master

Jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch, jockey- hitch, jockey-hitch!

Here goes my young miss

An amble, an amble, an amble, an amble!

The footman lags behind to tipple ale and wine,

And goes gallop, a gallop, a gallop, to make up his time.

THE CLEVER HEN

I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen,

She washed me the dishes and kept the house clean;

She went to the mill to fetch me some flour,

She brought it home in less than an hour;

She baked me my bread, she brewed me my ale,

She sat by the fire and told many a fine tale.